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Old Feb 8, 2005 | 09:02 PM
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Thumbs down vacuum brakes!!!!!!!!

nooooooo!!!!! i don't want vacuum brakes, i alredy had a ford that vacuum brakes and they sucked! so i put a hydrobooster on it and it worked great. what year model-type trucks had the hydrobooster on them so i can find one! my vacuum pump don't work anyways and wasn't planning on spending $140 for a new one! don't care about a.c. right now! i just wanna see the smoke roll! does all the duallie's have hydro brakes? or is it all trucks after a certain year or what??
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Old Feb 9, 2005 | 08:52 AM
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Re: vacuum brakes!!!!!!!!

Originally posted by banks twinram
nooooooo!!!!! i don't want vacuum brakes, i alredy had a ford that vacuum brakes and they sucked! so i put a hydrobooster on it and it worked great. what year model-type trucks had the hydrobooster on them so i can find one! my vacuum pump don't work anyways and wasn't planning on spending $140 for a new one! don't care about a.c. right now! i just wanna see the smoke roll! does all the duallie's have hydro brakes? or is it all trucks after a certain year or what??

The hydro brakes started with the 97 model year
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Old Feb 9, 2005 | 09:52 AM
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Without a vacuum pump you won't have 4wd, cruise control, or the HVAC system working properly.
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Old Feb 9, 2005 | 10:05 PM
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MY TRUCK DON'T HAVE CRUISE, P/W P/L AC OR 4X4 IT DON'T EVEN HAVE TILT COLUMN, I THINK IT WAS LUCKY TO GET POWER STEERING! THE VACUUM PUMPS GOT ONE LINE GOING STRAIGHT TO THE VACUUM BOOSTER
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Old Feb 9, 2005 | 10:08 PM
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Less stuff to break.
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Old Feb 9, 2005 | 11:38 PM
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thats wut ima thinkin!
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